Gas-stove.



G. B. CARTER-- GAS STOVE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 1910.

1,038,849, Patented Sept. 17,1912.

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G. B. CARTER.

GAS STOVE.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 21, 1910.

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GEORGE B. CARTER, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE, E. WETTER MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, A CQRPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

Gas-strove.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, GEORGE B. CARTER, a citizen of the United States of America,.re-

'sidin at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and tate of Michigan, have invented cer tam new anduseful'Improvements in Gas- Stoves, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to gas or vapor burning stoves, and has among the objects thereof, to provide improvedmeans for controlling the oven. burners whereby the oven may be Subjected .to direct heat from the burners or merel to'indirect heat, and to provide for a umformdistribution within the oven of both the direct and indirect heat.

Other objects of my invention will more fully hereinafter appear.

The invention resides in the peculiar construction, arrangement and combination of parts as more fully hereinafter described and particularly set out in the claims.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a' central vertical section transversely of a stove embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sect-ion at right angles to Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a section on lineaem Fig. 1.

For the purpose of my invention, the

stove may be divided into any desired nuinher of compartments, but I have shown the invention as applied to a standard construction of gas stove or range having the usual top compartment A, the baking oven B, and the broiling oven 0 arranged below the baking oven. Positioned within the broilin oven are the "oven burners D, and arrange above and in proximity to these burners 1s a transverse partition E which separates one oven from the other. This partition is provided with a plurality of apertures F equally distributed over the central portion thereof and controlled by a rotary damper G having apertures H complementary to the apertures F and which are adapted to be moved .into and out of operative, relation thereto upon the rotation of the damper. The walls of the ovens are formed in the usual manner by spaced inner and outer casin s I and J, providing air chambers there tween. The chamber-K of the top wall is however in communication with the baking oven by means of one or more apertures L preferably arranged'adjacent one end thereof, and has Specification of Letters Patent. H Patented Sept. 1?, 1912- Application flleii November 21, 1910. Serial by means of the apertures L, chamber K,

and flue M. To subject the oven B to indircct heat from the burners, the damper is adjusted to close the apertures F, the hot gas then passes through the apertures 0 into chambers P of the side walls, and from these chambers through the apertures N into the baking oven from which they discharge as above described. Each of the side walls is provided with a plurality of the apertures N equally distributed thereover. so as to effect a uniform distribution within the oven of theindirect heat, and since the openings F are uniformly arranged over the central portion of the partition, anequal distribution of the gas when the latter passes directly into the oven, is also assured. Because .of the close proximity of the damper G'to the burners, there is a tendency for the damper to warp under the intense' heat which it is subjected to. T have therefore so arranged the damper in relation to the transverse partition as to efiectively revent warping. As shown, the partition is provided upon the upper face thereof with a circular depression Q within which the apertures F are arranged. The damper G comprises a disk seated within the circular depression and having a projection or pivot pin R at the-center thereof which engages an apertureS centrally arranged in relation to the circular depression. T is a bolt passing through an aperture U in the cen tral projection R for securing the damper toits seat. By this arrangement of parts the damper is shielded to a considerable extent by the'partition and also engages the latter at a plurality of points. In order that the upper face V of the damper may lie in the plane of the top surface X of the partition, the circular depression is formed of a depth equal to the thickness of the damper. The partition E preferably has a removableengagement with guides Y upon the side walls of the oven.

What I claim as my invention is:

. Y 1. In a gas stove, the comblnation ofan oven having an apertured bottom and provided with chambered side walls, a damper controlling the apertured portion of the bottom, a chamber beneath said oven bottom in communication with the chambers of the side walls, a burner arranged directly beneath and in close proximity to the apertured portion of the bottom, the side walls being apertured to form a communication between the oven interior and the chambers of the side walls, and a flue, the oven top being provided with a chamber forming a communication between the oven interio and the flue.

" 2. In a gas stove, the combination of an videdwithchambered side walls, a damper controlling the apertured portion of the bot tom, a chamber beneath said oven bottom oven having an apertured bottom and protured portion of the bottom, said side walls being apertured to form a communication the apertured portion of the bottom posi tioned within said circular depression with its top face in the plane of the upper surface of the bottom, said oven having chambered side walls, a chamber beneath the oven in communication with the chambers of the sidewalls, the latter being apertured to form a communication between the oven interior and thechambers of'the side walls,--and a burner arranged in said chamber directly beneath and in proximity portion of the bottom.

In testimony whereof I 'afl'ix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE B. ,oARTER.

to said apertured Witnesses: I

JAMES P. BARRY, e W. J. BELKNAP. 

